We'll always love you and miss you so much. We are so sorry for your loss. Our hearts go out to you and your family. We can't be with you in person, but we are with you in spirit always.
Examples of funeral in a Sentence Adjective a slow and heavy funeral song Noun Only family attended the funeral. His funeral will be held on Friday. His cousin made the funeral arrangements.
Funeral arrangements – Be sure to include the date, time, and location of the funeral or memorial service. State whether the service is private or open to the public. Names of surviving family members. Donations – Note how/where people can send flowers, donations, or other contributions.
In most cases the responsibility of arranging a funeral will fall to the next of kin.
Typical information included in a funeral program includes: Deceased person's full name, including maiden name. Dates of birth and death. Time, place and date of funeral and burial. The order of the funeral service. Officiate. Hymns for the service. Pallbearers. Name of the person delivering the eulogy.
If the deceased did not legally designate someone to make decisions regarding their funeral arrangements, it falls to the next-of-kin; which is the closest blood-related family member (or spouse).
When individuals or family members have not made funeral arrangements before the time of their death, usually family members call the funeral firm of their choice (which may not be the deceased's) and have the body taken to the funeral home of their choice.
Although the right to a decent burial has long been recognized at common law, no universal rule exists as to whom the right of burial is granted. The right to possession of a dead human body for the purpose of burial is, under ordinary circumstances, in the spouse or other relatives of the deceased.
In North Carolina, the next of kin order begins with the spouse if there is no state-recognized legal document naming someone to handle funeral arrangements and no contract with a funeral home. Next on the list is the majority of adult children and then surviving parents.
People holding a power-of-attorney (POA) for a relative or friend at the time of death often believe that they have the right to make funeral arrangements for the person after they die. This is not the case.